Big Bill Broonzy Quotes

Blues is a natural fact, is something that a fellow lives. If you don't live it you don't have it. Young people have forgotten to cry the blues. Now they talk and get lawyers and things.

Big Bill Broonzy

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 26, 1893 - August 15, 1958

Topics

LivePeopleYouLawyersBluesYoung

I've done a lot of fighting in my time, and I'm down to do some more. I don't want to, but you know, there's just certain things that you can't sit down and take.

Jill Scott

TimeFightingYouDownKnowDone

More often than not, however, the person who flatly states 'Elves aren't like that!' is hard pressed to describe how they really look.... as if Tolkien has summoned archetypes from so deep in our minds that we can only recall them incompletely.

John Howe

DeepLookPersonMindsMoreHard

Fans will come if you have a good product.

Steve Alford

GoodYouProductWillFansCome

When I fell into modeling, because I wanted to work in fashion. I wanted to do styling or make-up. I ended getting picked up to be a model instead during my work experience.

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley

WorkExperienceFashionModelingUp

My belief in God is that God wants you. God wants you to believe in him, or it, whatever you would call it.

Jason Segel

GodBelieveYouBeliefHimWhatever

When I was a kid, there was no distinction between a movie about old people or young people. It was either funny or not. It was either entertaining or not. It was either exciting or not. It was either thrilling or not.

Joseph Bologna

FunnyPeopleYoungOld PeopleKid

Some fighters have a great punch; others don't.

Jose Aldo

GreatOthersPunchSomeFighters

I have two ideas for novels at the moment, neither of them all that conventional, but I'm not ready to choose between them yet, let alone settle down to the process of writing.

Jonathan Coe

AloneMomentIdeasWritingChoose

While I don't feel like I'm an evangelist, country music is about to give me a platform, and so keeping it topically acceptable for everybody, I hope that sets some sort of example.

Brett Young

MusicHopeMeFeelCountryGive Me

In the bubble that was dot-com 1.0 emerged Google, Amazon, and some of the most valuable companies on the planet. They were successful because they focused on their customer; they focused on revolutionary products.

Brad Garlinghouse

CustomerFocusedBubbleGoogle

The connections in the brain fade away unless used. We know that early stimulation of children leads to higher cognitive scores.

Brian Sutton-Smith

ChildrenBrainConnectionsEarly

We should try to ensure that everyone has a fair opportunity to find a great life. It's a quest that will require political will and ingenious policies. President Obama's proposed expansion of the earned-income tax credit goes in this direction, but we need more.

Sendhil Mullainathan

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